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Simple Machines offers free open source software such as SMF, the powerful and easy to use community forum written in PHP. Start interesting discussions on your website! subtitle

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Top 10 Open-Source Alternatives to Simple Machines Forum

Flarum Discourse MyBB phpBB NodeBB FluxBB PunBB PluXml FlaskBB Forem

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Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Simple Machines Forum are Flarum, Discourse, and MyBB. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.
  1. Flarum Landing Page
    Flarum Landing Page
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    Flarum

    Flarum is the next-generation forum software that makes online discussion fun. It's simple, fast, and free.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Forums And Forum Software #Forums #Community Platform 34 social mentions

  2. Discourse Landing Page
    Discourse Landing Page
    2

    Discourse

    Discourse is an open source discussion platform built for the next decade of the Internet.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    • Paid
    • Free Trial
    • $100.0 / Monthly

    #Forums #Forums And Forum Software #Community Platform 23 social mentions

  3. MyBB Landing Page
    MyBB Landing Page
    3

    MyBB

    MyBB is a discussion board software that runs on PHP and MySQL
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Forums And Forum Software #Forums #Community Platform 8 social mentions

  4. phpBB Landing Page
    phpBB Landing Page
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    phpBB

    Raspberry Pi. The Raspberry Pi is a cheap, credit-card sized computer. The official website uses phpBB for their discussion forums. phpBB is not affiliated with nor responsible for any of the sites listed on the showcase.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Forums And Forum Software #Forums #Community Platform 2 social mentions

  5. NodeBB Landing Page
    NodeBB Landing Page
    5

    NodeBB

    NodeBB Forum Software - A better community platform for the modern web. NodeBB is a next generation forum software that's free and easy to use.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Forums And Forum Software #Forums #Community Platform 3 social mentions

  6. FluxBB Landing Page
    FluxBB Landing Page
    6

    FluxBB

    FluxBB is a fast, light, user-friendly forum application for your website.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Forums And Forum Software #Forums #Community Platform 3 social mentions

  7. PunBB Landing Page
    PunBB Landing Page
    7

    PunBB

    PunBB is a fast and lightweight PHP-powered discussion board.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Forums And Forum Software #Forums #Community Platform

  8. PluXml Landing Page
    PluXml Landing Page
    8

    PluXml

    PluXml is a script helping you to create a site or a blog.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Blogging #Blogging Platform #CMS

  9. FlaskBB Landing Page
    FlaskBB Landing Page
    9

    FlaskBB

    FlaskBB is a fast, simple and extensible forum software built using Python/Flask.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Forums And Forum Software #Forums #Community Platform 1 social mentions

  10. Forem Landing Page
    Forem Landing Page
    10

    Forem

    The reason you joined the Internet. Forem provides open-source tools to help you host a thriving, focused, and adaptable community.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Forums #Community Platform #Forums And Forum Software 10 social mentions

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